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Professor
Rowan
Parks

Deputy Medical Director

Location:

102 Westport, Edinburgh

Phone Number:

PA: 0131 656 3347

Email address:

PA: lynsey.geary@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Professor Rowan Parks qualified in Medicine from
Queens University Belfast in 1989, undertook his postgraduate
surgical training in Northern Ireland, being awarded an MD for his
research on "Gut barrier function in obstructive jaundice". He then
undertook a clinical fellowship in HPB surgery &
transplantation at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and was
appointed Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Edinburgh
in 1999, was promoted to Reader in 2006 and then to Professor of
Surgical Sciences in 2010.

Professor Parks' research interests are on clinical aspects of
hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease, obstructive jaundice, gut
barrier function and liver cell biology. He lectures extensively on
these and related subjects and has published over 130 papers and
written / edited four textbooks. He has been awarded a number of
prizes, honours and prestigious travelling fellowships for his
research. These include the Moynihan medal, Purce lecture and
medal, Millin lecture and medal (RCSI), Sir Robert Shields lecture
and medal (RCSEd), Moynihan Travelling Fellowship and James IV
Travelling Fellowship.

Professor Parks has a significant interest in medical education
and training. He was previously Year 3 Director and is currently
chairman of the Fitness to Practice Committee at the University of
Edinburgh. Since 2008, he has been Associate Postgraduate Dean for
Surgical Specialties in the SE Scotland Deanery and for the past 3
years has been Chairman of the Surgery Specialty Training Board. He
is also currently Chairman of the Education & Training
Committees of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
Association. He is an elected council member of the Royal College
of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Director of the James IV
Association.